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> Seems to be mostly old people In every single age group, more people think immigration is too high than about right or too low. Significantly more. Using lat
by like_any_other 2y ago
> Seems to be mostly old people
In every single age group, more people think immigration is too high than about right or too low. Significantly more. Using latest poll from 24th March, 2025:
18-24 years: Immigration is: too high: 42%, about right + too low: 35%
25-49 years: Immigration is: too high: 59%, about right + too low: 23%
50-64 years: Immigration is: too high: 79%, about right + too low: 14%
65+ years: Immigration is: too high: 85%, about right + too low: 12%
And is the government that is going against the wishes of its populace by implementing ever greater mass immigration, funding propaganda against immigration?
As for why Brexit 'caused' increased immigration - you think it is a simple cause-and-effect? Or could it be that there is a government in the way, that enacts immigration policy independently of EU membership?
- ZeroGravitas 2y agoThe graph is falling gently till about 2021, when free movement with the EU ended, and then rises sharply. At that low point it's only retired ages and up that are suggesting it is too high. At the previous high point the crossover seems to be in the thirties. (Also, Conservatives are another high scoring group, the question asks about 10 years before and starts in 2019 so basically covers the last run of conservative government)
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- dijksterhuis 2y agoDo you have a source for this poll you've referenced? The latest yougov poll i can find (from 2023) has significantly different results -- more under 50s responded don't know about immigration levels versus a skew towards too high in the 50+ population. https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Internal_Immigration_Since_Brex_230605_W.pdf https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Internal_Imm... if the numbers have shifted over time, that's fine. but your 'latest poll' could be a daily mail phone in for all i know.
- ZeroGravitas 2y agoThe link is a couple of comments up this chain. Interestingly your link, which I think is part of the same survey series breaks it down into EU and non-EU immigration, and the latter has about a 10-30 point worse score, which can probably explain the scores for generic immigration getting worse immediately after the EU immigration got curtailed. And again, it's the Old/Conservative/Brexit voters who are on the "angrier about non-EU immigration" end of that range. They just keep shooting themselves in the foot.